Why I cannot switch to Google Chrome from FF3
Posted on September 5, 2008, under Firefox, General, Google Chrome.
You can't beat the facts, the javascript engine in Google Chrome is by far faster than any other browser however the features and capabilities that firefox has is far greater than Chrome at this point.
You may say, well Google Chrome is suppose to be simple and feature free but I'll just list a couple of things that I think are worth mentioning.
The zoom feeature in Firefox 3 blows all other browsers out of the water. I press CTRL+Mousewheel up or down and the page zooms almost seemlessly without distorting the appearance of the page. Im' not sure how they do it but it's fantastic. It doesn't just enlarge text it some how knows how to increase everything in exact ratio.
All other browsers including Google Chrome have not mastered this piece yet.
Plugins – ell correct me if I'm wrong but I do not believe that Google Chrome has the plugin library and open source backing that Firefox has and all of the neat little widgets you can attach to Firefox. You can be slim with firefox l like Chrome is slim or you have the option to make Firefox how you want it.
Also, we have noticed a few minor things haven't worked in Chrome that work in EVERY other browser except safari(obviously since it's the same rendering engine).
Now I'm sure i'll probably get some hate comments and many of your Chrome fanatics will have solutions and answers to these things which trust me I would love it if you do so please inform me.
Btw, I do love Google Chrome – just not up for switching just yet. And if Mozilla releases that javascript engine that's faster than V8 I'll be sticking with Firefox for good.
Happy programming!
-j
4 Replies to "Why I cannot switch to Google Chrome from FF3"
Charlie Arehart on September 6, 2008
(Sorry. I didn’t mean to say "all Chrome". that was a remnant of an edit, where I started to say "all 3 browsers" before deciding to reword it. I meant just "Chrome" in that sentence.)
Joshua on September 6, 2008
I meant the zoom didn’t work the same way it does in FF 3, not that it doesn’t work at all. Checkout the screenshots.
Charlie Arehart on September 6, 2008
Sorry, I was focused on was "All other browsers including Google Chrome have not mastered this piece yet." I noticed that IE 7 does the same sort of text and image zooming, which I now see doesn’t happen well in Chrome. Fair enough.
I’d think that that, plus the lack of plugins, are probably just signs of the tool still being in beta, right? There’s certainly enough interest that it seems the latter at least should improve shortly.
Anyway, again, not meaning to sound defensive, nor be assertive. I don’t "have a dog in this hunt", as they say. Sorry for the confusion of my last note.
Charlie Arehart on September 6, 2008
Joshua, I just want to point out that while zoom via the mousewheel may not work (I don’t know, I don’t use a mouse), I can point out that all Chrome does support zooming via hotkeys the same way as IE 7 (at least) and FF 2+: ctrl + zooms in, ctrl – zooms out, and ctrl 0 resets to the default zoom level.
Not a fanatic of any browser, myself. Just a pragmatic user of all 3.